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Operations & Policy 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room &n3, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
(GTN)
Your Reference
Our Reference
B /DAS/64/3 ate
29 October 2001
Dear
Thank you for your letter of 2 October 2001 addressed to Dr Moonie. This office is the focal
point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence concerning 'unidentified flying objects'
and I have been asked to reply.
You will be aware from Dr Moonie' s previous letter to Anne Campbell MP, that the integrity of
the UK' s airspace is maintained through continuous surveillance of the UK Air Policing Area by
the RAF and any potential threat is responded to at the time. The Ministry of Defence therefore
only examines reports of 'UFO' sightings passed to us, to see if they provide evidence that UK
airspace might have been compromised by potentially hostile or unauthorised military aircraft.
Ifthere is no such evidence we do not attempt to identify precisely what was seen.
With regard to 'The Disclosure Project', we are aware that many people have reported seeing
various phenomena and have made testimonies as to their experiences. However, we are satisfied
that the procedures that we have in place are sufficient for our defence role and we have no plans
to review these testimonies.
Yours sincerely,